Holley Hydramat fuel pickup

[jaybee]

I just happened upon this while hopping around the internet. It's a new fuel pickup sock from Holley which features a construction making it very difficult to pick up air. This looks like a great product for EFI retrofits or custom tanks for EFI applications. There are a lot of different products to either fit an anti-slosh reservoir within the main tank or place a small draw tank under the hood for the EFI system. Most of those solutions are a lot of work or a lot more expensive than this.

http://bangshift.com/general-news/new-products/must-see-holley-just-changed-fuel-system-game-big-way/
https://www.holley.com/news/articles/holley_debuts_new_hydramat_fuel_reservoir/
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/hly-16-105?seid=srese1&gclid=CjwKEAjwsvmvBRCT5ozK-dmY7D4SJACyIoJmdtxvjawpzbBFjTy5qz7Ds6CS0eK1YcRRIHkTzs6rjxoCqQzw_wcB

[wayne petty]

those should work great.. i love the the design..

a very few people have had issues. and badmouthed them.. but they were people running extreme fuel systems that had tremendous flow rates that exceeded the size of the fitting.

those racers should have a surge tank since most of them were drag racers. with the high volume pumps running inside the surge tank..

using a pump in the tank to pull directly and feed the surge tank with enough volume to prevent it from running low..

electric fuel pumps Don't like pulling fuel up and over while trying to build high pressure for fuel injection.   even cars like benz used 2 pumps.. an accumulator .. the first pump to pull fuel from the tank outlet and charge the accumulator.. the second pump from the accumulator to the high pressure fuel injection system so the pumps don't run dry during cornering. or low fuel levels.

these are just my personal opinions.. that are not worth anything other than an FYI..

fuel cell foam is now available in 2 different densities.  one can have a course foam on the bottom of the cell.. and a denser foam above..  the fuel filler neck extended thru the dense upper layer into the course lower area.. so the fast fill from a fuel hose or jug goes into the bottom of the tank instead of on top of the upper foam.  the fuel filling continues from the bottom up.. there is no or significantly reduced fuel kicked out of the vent lines at the top that stop the fast filling of the tank ..  or thinking the tank is full as its pouring out into the catch can or return window ..


reader of the fine Do it your self novel..   brown spots on the wall by Who flung do.

[jaybee]

A quick google on fuel accumulator tells me it has a small reserve of fuel for high usage times, damps out spikes in pressure, and maintains pressure while the car is shut off to prevent vapor lock. Seems like a pretty good idea.

I can see one of these things hooked to the bottom of an in-tank pump, which would be suspended inside the tank. It would be important to figure out how to keep everything in place, but that can't be too hard.

[enjenjo]

I just looked at pricing. Holley is very proud of this. One good dose of dirty fuel and it needs replacing.

[jaybee]

Yeah, I noticed the price isn't low, but none of the staging tanks or retrofit baffle systems is cheap. The Aeromotive Phantom system that fits a foam baffle into the tank is almost $500. Underhood reserve tanks are in that same range. The Tanks retrofit pump and tray combo is over $200.

As usual it would appear the only very reasonable alternative is to whip something up in the shop.